au net
\o nɛt\
The verdict
“au net” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au propre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-net · au net · French
au net · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | au net |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \o nɛt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au net » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au net is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \o nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au propre.".
au net doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is au net, spelled A-U- -N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Au propre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how au net appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je n’avais aucune ambition, aucun souci littéraire. J’ignorais le besoin d’écrire et l’ennui de recopier au net ; j’avais une sorte de tristesse qui suffisait à mon bonheur et ma tête penchée n’était occupée que de choses très douces et très légères.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.